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Carbonate mineral

Minerals containing the carbonate ion

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Calcite , Dolomite Locality: Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Frank R. Milliken; Blair Creek; Ozark Lead Company Mine; Adair Creek; Logan Creek), Ellington , Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County ,
Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Carbonate divisions

Anhydrous carbonates

Anhydrous carbonates with compound formulas

  • Dolomite group: trigonal
    • Ankerite CaFe(CO3)2
    • Dolomite CaMg(CO3)2
    • Huntite Mg3Ca(CO3)4
    • Minrecordite CaZn(CO3)2
    • Barytocalcite BaCa(CO3)2

Carbonates with hydroxyl or halogen

  • Carbonate with hydroxide: monoclinic
    • Azurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
    • Hydrocerussite Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2
    • Malachite Cu2CO3(OH)2
    • Rosasite (Cu,Zn)2CO3(OH)2
    • Phosgenite Pb2(CO3)Cl2
    • Hydrozincite Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
    • Aurichalcite (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6

Hydrated carbonates

  • Hydromagnesite Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2.4H2O
  • Ikaite CaCO3·6(H2O)
  • Lansfordite MgCO3·5(H2O)
  • Monohydrocalcite CaCO3·H2O
  • Natron Na2CO3·10(H2O)
  • Zellerite Ca(UO2)(CO3)2·5(H2O)

The carbonate class in both the Dana and the Strunz classification systems include the nitrates.

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